هُوَ الَّذِي يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ ۖ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ
Ahmed Ali
It is He who gives you life and death. When He creates a thing, He has only to say: "Be," and it is.
Ahmed Raza Khan
It is He Who gives life and death; so whenever He wills a thing, He only says to it “Be” – it thereupon happens!
Arberry
It is He who gives life, and makes to die; and when He decrees a thing, He but says to it 'Be,' and it is.
Asad
It is He who grants life and deals death; and when He wills a thing to be, He but says unto it, “Be” - and it is.
Daryabadi
He it is Who causeth life and death. Then whensoever He decreeth an affair He only saith Unto it: be, and it becometh.
Hilali & Khan
He it is Who gives life and causes death. And when He decides upon a thing He says to it only: "Be!" and it is.
ClearQuran - God
It is He who gives life and death; and when He decides on a thing, He just says to it, “Be,” and it comes to be.
ClearQuran - Allah
It is He who gives life and death; and when He decides on a thing, He just says to it, “Be,” and it comes to be.
Community - God
It is He who gives life and causes death. And when He decides on an issue, He says to it, “Be,” and it comes to be.
Community - Allah
It is He who gives life and causes death. And when He decides on an issue, He says to it, “Be,” and it comes to be.
Khattab
He is the One Who gives life and causes death. When He decrees a matter, He simply tells it, “Be!” And it is!
Maududi
He it is Who gives life and causes death. Whenever He decrees a thing, He only commands to it “Be”, and it is.
Mubarakpuri
It is He Who gives life and causes death. And when He decides upon a thing He says to it only: "Be!" - and it is.
Pickthall
He it is Who quickeneth and giveth death. When He ordaineth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is.
Qarai
It is He who gives life and brings death. When He decides on a matter, He just says to it, ‘Be!’ and it is.
Qaribullah & Darwish
It is He who gives life and makes to die, and when He decrees a thing, He says to it: 'Be' and it is!
Saheeh International
He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it, "Be," and it is.
Sarwar
It is He Who gives life and causes things to die. When He decides to do something, He only says, "Exist," and it comes into existence.
Shakir
He it is Who gives life and brings death, so when He decrees an affair, He only says to it: Be, and it is.
Transliteration
Huwa allathee yuhyee wayumeetu faitha qada amran fainnama yaqoolu lahu kun fayakoonu
Transliteration 2
huwa alladhī yuḥ'yī wayumītu fa-idhā qaḍā amran fa-innamā yaqūlu lahu kun fayakūnu
Wahiduddin Khan
It is He who gives life and death, and when He ordains a thing, He says only, "Be!" and it is.
Yusuf Ali
It is He Who gives Life and Death; and when He decides upon an affair, He says to it, "Be", and it is.
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